---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-23-022308"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "QSI"
cik: "0001816431"
company_name: "Quantum-Si Inc"
filed_at: "2023-05-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T03:46:39.560966+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Quantum-Si names Jeffry Keyes CFO; Claudia Drayton steps down effective May 15, 2023

## Summary
- Jeffry Keyes appointed CFO and Treasurer; start date on or before May 15, 2023.
- Claudia Drayton steps down from CFO/Treasurer roles on Appointment Date, serves as advisor through June 30, 2023.
- Keyes receives $465,000 base salary, 50% target bonus, and inducement equity awards of 2 million stock options.
- Inducement awards: 1M time-based options (4-year vest), 500K performance options at $10/share, 500K at $20/share.
- Keyes brings 25+ years CFO experience at Spinal Elements, Custopharm, and other life science companies.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-23-022308
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: QSI
- cik: 0001816431
- company_name: Quantum-Si Inc
- filed_at: 2023-05-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1816431/000114036123022308/0001140361-23-022308-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1816431/000114036123022308/brhc20052203_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-23-022308.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Claudia Drayton departed as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at Quantum-Si Inc.
  - Action: step down
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
  source text: the Company and Claudia Drayton , the Company’s current Chief Executive Officer and Treasurer, mutually determined that Ms. Drayton w ill step down from such roles, effective as of the Appointment Date
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1816431/000114036123022308/0001140361-23-022308-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jeffry Keyes was appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at Quantum-Si Inc.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
  source text: On May 2, 2023, Quantum-Si Incorporated (the “Company”) announced that Jeffry Keyes was appointed by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company, effective on the date he commences employment with the Company on or before May 15, 2023 (the “Appointment Date”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1816431/000114036123022308/0001140361-23-022308-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.